Biting Your Tail

E
 may your eyes be wide and seeing
A
 may your learn from the view where 
you're kneeling
E
 know the fear of the world that 
you're feeling
B
 is the fear of a slave

E
 may you know how the fight was 
started
A
 want as much for the snake as the 
garden
E                       B
 wear them both like a glove
              E
that you can wave

E
 may your mouth betray your wisdom
A
 may you get what they fail to 
mention
E
 may your love be your only religion
B
 preach it to us all

E
 may you lose what you offer gladly
A
 may you worship the time and it's 
passing
E                   B
 stars won't ever wait for you
               E
to watch them fall

C#m
  we're the smoke on a burnt horizon
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A
 we're a boat on a tide that's 
rising
E
 both the post and the pig you're 
untying
B
 butcher gone for the blade

C#m
  someday we may all be happy
A
 someday all make a face worth 
slapping
E
 someday we may be shocked to be 
laughing
B
 at the way you behave

E
 may your hands be strong and 
willing
A
 may you know when to speak and to 
listen
E
 may you find every friend that 
you're missing
B
 there's no check in the mail

E
 may you end up bruised and purple
A
 know that peace is the shape of a 
circle
E                    B
 round and round you go
E
 biting your tail

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C#m
 we're the journey and the wind is 
whipping
A
 short hands on the clock still 
ticking
E
 both the egg and the red fox 
grinning
B
 his belly full for the day

C#m
 someday we may  all want nothing
A
 and all forget that we'll get whats
 coming
E
 someday all say the world was 
something
B
 that we just couldnt change

E
 may your tongue be soft and wicked
A
 know your part in the calf and the 
killing
E
 see straight through the captain 
you're kissing
B
 helm lose in his hand

E
 may your words be well worth 
stealing
A
 put your hand on your heart while 
singing
E                    B
 choirs sick of the song
                     E
but they still gotta stand